Stories by bensouthwood

Eight architecture myths busted by Samuel Hughes

Stripe's Knowledge AI Platform

Why ugly buildings create NIMBYism

The secret cause of the industrial revolution

Smashing the NIMBYs created modern capitalism

Europe's housing shortages are worse than America's

We're freezing our eggs; maybe you should too

There is a closing window to stop driverless cars from creating omnigridlock

Centuries of selective breeding turned wild cabbage into different vegetables

The Market for Marriage

Hong Kong has land, autocracy, and expensive housing. Why doesn't it build?

The battle against bad bread had a role in women's lib

The quixotic fight against self-driving cars

Classical statues were not painted horribly

How to Spot a Monopoly

Nature's Drug Database

Why the West Was Downzoned

Taskforce calls for reset of nuclear regulation in UK

Inflatable Space Stations

Why the developing world needs wider streets